Malaysia Unplug Disallow Newspaper’s Catholic Malay Version

Malaysian government revoked the ban on the Malay language version of the main Catholic newspaper that country.

Provided that the weekly newspaper stop using the word “Allah” in referring to the Christian God. Said Che Din Yusoh, an official of the Ministry of Home Affairs Malaysia, the Associated Press.

Malaysian Ministry of Domestic prohibit publication of the previous version of The Malay Herald last week with menuduhnya violated the prohibition in 2007 on the use of the word “Allah”. Catholic weekly that has been put on the claim that the prohibition to the court.

The Herald editorial staff leaders Pastor Andrew Lawrence, on Thursday (8 / 1), say, the government is not entitled to put conditions before the court issued a decision.

The government says, the use of the word “God” outside the context of Islam among Muslims can be confusing. The Herald said, Malay is the national language of the country and that “God” is the only Malay word for God. The newspaper also published in English, Chinese and Tamil.